Drive pliers

Abstract

A collapsible dual screwdriver assembly pliers or drive-pliers for short, comprises a pliers and two screwdriver assemblies, where the screwdriver assemblies are individually removably attachable in a stowed position and an extended position. In the stowed position each screwdriver assembly can provide compact storage of the tool as well as function as a portion of a handle for the other screwdriver assembly. In the extended position each screwdriver assembly can be used as an extended handle for the pliers, as well as, function as a multi-bit screwdriver individually.

I claim: 
     
       1. A hand tool, comprising:
 a) a pliers assembly comprising a first and second plier jaws pivotally attached at a center hinge, wherein the first and second plier jaws define a first and second handle respectively, 
 b) a first and second screwdriver assembly each comprising two or more screwdriver bits; 
 c) a first and second receiver each comprising a front end and a rear end; 
 d) wherein the first receiver is securely attached to the first handle and the second receiver is securely attached to the second handle; 
 e) wherein the first screwdriver assembly is removably attachable to both the front end and the rear end of the first receiver, wherein the second screwdriver assembly is removably attachable to both the front end and the rear end of the second receiver, and 
 f) wherein the hand tool defines a stowed position where the first and/or second screwdriver assemblies are removably attached to the front end of the first and second receiver respectively. 
 
     
     
       2. The hand tool in  claim 1 , defines a screwdriver when the first or second screwdriver assembly is removably attached to the rear end of the first or second receiver respectively, whereby that screwdriver assembly extends away from the pliers assembly so that either of the first or second screwdriver assemblies can be used as a screwdriver while the combination of the other screwdriver assembly and the pliers assembly operates as a screwdriver handle. 
     
     
       3. The hand tool in  claim 1 , wherein when the first and second screwdriver assemblies are removably attached to the rear end of the first or second receiver respectively so that the first and second screwdriver assembly act a pair of extended handles for the pliers assembly, whereby greater leverage can be provided to the first and second plier jaws. 
     
     
       4. The hand tool in  claim 1 , wherein the first or second screwdriver assemblies comprise a removably attached pencil and/or pencil eraser. 
     
     
       5. The hand tool in  claim 1 , wherein the pliers assembly comprises a needle-nose pliers, a scalloped pliers, a wire cutter and/or a crimping pliers. 
     
     
       6. The hand tool in  claim 1 , wherein the first and/or second screwdriver assembly comprises a double-ended central housing with a first socket driver cavity at a first end and a second socket driver cavity at a second end. 
     
     
       7. The hand tool in  claim 1 , wherein the first and/or second screwdriver assembly comprises a double-ended central housing with a first socket driver cavity a first end and a second socket driver cavity on a second end, wherein the first and/or second screwdriver assembly comprises a double-ended inner housing designed to fit within the first and/or second socket driver cavities. 
     
     
       8. A hand tool, comprising:
 a) a pliers assembly comprising a first and second plier jaws pivotally attached at a center hinge, wherein the first and second plier jaws define a first and second receiver respectively, 
 b) a first and second screwdriver assembly each comprising two or more screwdriver bits, wherein the first and second receivers each comprising a front end and a rear end; 
 c) a holding means defined on the front ends and rear ends both the first and second receivers for removable attachment of the first and second screwdriver assemblies respectively, and 
 d) wherein the hand tool defines a stowed position where the first and/or second screwdriver assemblies are removably attached to the front end of the first and second receiver respectively. 
 
     
     
       9. The hand tool in  claim 8 , wherein the first and/or second screwdriver assembly comprises a double-ended central housing with a first socket driver cavity at a first end and a second socket driver cavity at a second end. 
     
     
       10. The hand tool in  claim 8 , defines a screwdriver when the first or second screwdriver assembly is removably attached to the rear end of the first or second receiver respectively, whereby that screwdriver assembly is extended away from the pliers assembly so that it can be used as a screwdriver while the other screwdriver assembly and the pliers assembly combine for use as a screwdriver handle. 
     
     
       11. The hand tool in  claim 8 , wherein when the first and second screwdriver assemblies are removably attached to the rear end of the first or second receiver respectively so that the first and second screwdriver assembly act a pair of extended handles for the pliers assembly, whereby greater leverage can be provided to the first and second plier jaws. 
     
     
       12. The hand tool in  claim 8 , wherein the first and second screwdriver assembly each comprising four or more screwdriver bit ends.